Thy wife {shall be} as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God {is} with thee whithersoever thou goest.

The eternal God {is thy} refuge, and underneath {are} the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy {them}.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me {was} love. {banqueting...: Heb. house of wine}

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man {that} turneth aside to tarry for a night?

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD {is} with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!

For thou {art} the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Children's children {are} the crown of old men; and the glory of children {are} their fathers.

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.